Alan Lakso traveled to Australia in December at the invitation of the Victoria Department of Primary Industries to give research seminars and half-day workshops on fruit crop modeling.
“I was at their station near Melbourne focusing on apples, and then also at Mildura focusing on grapes,” says Alan. “The apple industry in Victoria is very interested in our MaluSim apple model. It helps growers understand how the weather interacts with their fruit thinning treatments. Terence Robinson and I have been finding this is very helpful for our growers and have great interest from around the world.”
Lakso will also be giving a presentation to the Association of American Geographers national meeting in New York City ini February.
In other news, Alan Taylor will speak January 25 at the U.S. Western Regional Seed Physiology Research Group workshop at the University of California-Davis. He will give four presentations ranging from seed treatments to biofuel crop seed research.